Pedro Espinha
Portuguese football coach and former player
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Pedro Manuel Ferreira Espinha (born 25 September 1965) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
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| Full name | Pedro Manuel Espinha Ferreira | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 25 September 1965 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Mafra, Portugal | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Benfica Corvense | |||||||||||||||||
| 1982–1984 | Belenenses | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1984–1985 | Cova Piedade | 20 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1985–1986 | Torreense | 29 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1986–1987 | Académica | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1987–1989 | Sacavenense | 64 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1989–1994 | Belenenses | 85 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1994–1997 | Salgueiros | 82 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1997–2000 | Vitória Guimarães | 97 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2000–2002 | Porto | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2002 | Porto B | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Vitória Setúbal | 17 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 397 | (0) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1998–2000 | Portugal | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
Espinha was born in Mafra, Lisbon District. During his career, he played for C.D. Cova da Piedade, S.C.U. Torreense, Académica de Coimbra, SG Sacavenense, C.F. Os Belenenses, S.C. Salgueiros, Vitória de Guimarães, FC Porto[1]– arriving at the Primeira Liga club aged 35 and backing up legendary Vítor Baía during his two-year spell[2]– and Vitória de Setúbal.[3][4][5]
Espinha retired in June 2003, with 249 Portuguese top-flight games to his credit.
International career
Espinha earned six caps for Portugal,[6] including one at UEFA Euro 2000 against Germany in the group stage, keeping a clean sheet in the 3–0 win as the nation was already qualified and rested practically all its starting XI.[7][8] From 2007 onwards, he worked as a goalkeeper coach with several youth categories of the national team.[9]
